Ben Alexander
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Nicholas Benton "Ben" Alexander III (June 27, 1911 – July 5, 1969) was an American motion picture actor, who started out as a child actor in 1916. He is best remembered for his role as Officer Frank Smith in the Dragnet franchise.
Known for
Credits
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
as Franz Kemmerich
Little Orphant Annie (1918)
as Orphan
Man in the Shadow (1957)
as Ab Begley
It's a Wise Child (1931)
as Bill Stanton
This Day and Age (1933)
as Morry Dover
Most Precious Thing in Life (1934)
as Gideon 'Gubby' Gerhart
Shall We Dance (1937)
as Evans (uncredited)
Big Tremaine (1916)
as Child
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)
as Barry Preston
Tom Brown of Culver (1932)
as Cpl. John Clarke
The Lady of the Dugout (1918)
as The Lady's son
Hearts of the World (1918)
as The Boy's Littlest Brother
Once to Every Woman (1934)
as Joe
The Hushed Hour (1919)
as Gondy
The Life of the Party (1937)
as Orchestra Leader
A Self-Made Failure (1924)
as Sonny
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938)
as Larry Weldon
The Wet Parade (1932)
as Evelyn's Friend (uncredited)
The Turn in the Road (1919)
as Bob
Jealous Husbands (1923)
as Bobbie / Spud
Are These Our Children? (1931)
as Nicholas 'Nick' Crosby
Dragnet (1954)
as Officer Frank Smith
The Spy Ring (1938)
as Capt. Don Mayhew
Convict's Code (1939)
as Jeff Palmer
What Price Innocence? (1933)
as Tommy Harrow
The Notorious Mrs. Sands (1920)
as Child
The Legion of Missing Men (1937)
as Don Carter
Reckless Roads (1935)
as Wade Adams
Suicide Fleet (1931)
as Kid
Stage Mother (1933)
as Francis Nolan
The Little American (1917)
as Bobby Moore
The Heart of Rachael (1918)
as Jim
High Pressure (1932)
as Geoffrey Weston
The Mayor of Filbert (1919)
as Carroll
The Family Honor (1920)
as Little Ben Tucker
Grand Old Girl (1935)
as Tom Miller
Each Pearl a Tear (1916)
Actor
Buried Alive (1939)
as Riley
The Divine Lady (1928)
as Young lieutenant
Criminals Within (1941)
as Sgt. Paul
Annapolis Farewell (1935)
as Adams
The Leather Pushers (1940)
as Dan Brown, Announcer
The Vanishing Frontier (1933)
as Lucien Winfield
Through Eyes of Men (1920)
as Little Billy
Penrod and Sam (1923)
as Penrod Schofield
A Wife on Trial (1917)
as Child (uncredited)
Born to Gamble (1935)
as Paul Mathews
The White Heather (1919)
as Donald Cameron
Many a Slip (1931)
as Ted Coster
Boy of Mine (1923)
as Bill Latimer
Flirtation (1934)
as Dudley
Western Gold (1937)
as Bart
Blue Streak McCoy (1920)
as Job the child
The Highbinders (1926)
as Roy Marshall
Josselyn's Wife (1919)
as Tommy Josselyn
The Fire-Trap (1935)
as Bob Fender
Red Lights Ahead (1936)
as George Wallace
The Outer Gate (1937)
as Bob Terry
The One Woman (1918)
as Boy
Roadhouse Queen (1933)
as Junior Knox
The Triflers (1920)
Actor
The Yankee Spirit (1923)
Actor
The Better Wife (1919)
as Little Dick
Two to One (1927)
as George Minafer as a Child
American Portrait (1940)
as David